Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Looks like he and his ilk know the barbarians are at the gate, but are in denial about it.
I thought he and his ilk were the barbarians at the gate #confused
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Neil Morrison,
I don’t see how small amounts of random information is of any use.
You’re describing your posts, there, aren’t you Neil?
Look, we get that you don’t like Wikileaks. Can you move on and deal with the fact that they’re here and not going away?
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Hard News: We are all twatcocks now…, in reply to Greg Wood,
Because frankly I just can't get my mouth around the double-glottal-swallow of "twotcock", whereas "twatcock" simply rolls off the tongue.
We had a thread about pronunciation which covered an awful lot of this ground, but I'd just say I rhymed "twat" with "swat" the first time I saw it and it's never felt right to rhyme it with "hat". I'd also note (as that thread revealed) that the verbal sense of "twatting" someone is not common in colloquial Kiwi as she is spoke. So to speak.
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Hard News: We are all twatcocks now…, in reply to Russell Brown,
No offence, I’m very sure. It’s a reference to an old joke involving the Lone Ranger, whose punchline is “What do you mean ‘we’, kemo sabay?”
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
An example of Finny’s analysis here, on his old blog the Wellington Hive.
Well, that would go some way to explain the failure of US intelligence...
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Hard News: Popular Paranoiac Politics, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Prostetnic Vogon Joyce
Now, that I like ;-)
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There’s a couple of things in the Clinton visit cable that are interesting:
Our intelligence relationship was fully restored on August 29, 2009 (which should not be acknowledged in public)
According to those doing the work, it never went away – they just stopped talking about it.
After substantial restructuring and sale of government-owned enterprises in the 1990s, New Zealand is now one of the most open economies in the world and is ranked 5th in the world on the Heritage Foundation’s economic freedom index
I don’t know anything about the Heritage Foundation except that it’s a conservative think tank, but I find it interesting that, even under a Democratic president, the USG is looking to neo-conservative economic theory.
A Science and Technology cooperation agreement between the US Department of Homeland Security and New Zealand, relating to enhancement of each country’s domestic and external security capabilities, is slated to soon be signed.
I may not have been watching but this was a complete surprise to me. Anyone know about this?
The SAS is slated to return to support internal security requirements during New Zealand’s hosting of the World Rugby Cup in 2011, and future rotations to Afghanistan are undecided at this time.
Worth noting.
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Russell Brown,
Hmmm. NZSIS tend to take that very seriously. However, given that the Gummint will want to reduce public interest in the cables, rather than stoke it, I suspect a quiet phone call will be the upshot rather than prosecution.
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I just found out that our local bijou cinemarette (the Shoreline in Waikanae) is cheaper than going to Readings in Wellington. Comfy chairs, great sound, wine and food at the counter. One of the few times when living out of town is more advantageous.